"God Made This/Dieu a fait ceci" is an English/French bilingual book for children. This is Volume 5 in the series and this is Level 1 for infants to toddlers. The books in this juvenile non-fiction series are intended to teach reading in two languages; they are not "story" books. This book includes single words and pairs of words for the ear training of infants as well as toddlers. The pictures help infants associate sounds with symbols--images at first and ultimately words at the toddler level and beyond. Toddlers will be able to repeat words, word pairs, phrases, and brief sentences aided by the picture cues. They will gradually be able to read the words using the printed word as their cue. This volume presents images of the natural world around us and are of high interest to young children. The natural environment, earth, sky, water features, animals, flowers, fruits, vegetables, and a variety of types of people are included. The book teaches that "God made this." Color photos and illustrations were carefully selected to captivate your child's interest. Words and sentences were judiciously chosen and crafted to facilitate learning for both age groups. Words are re-entered throughout the book to help your child feel a sense of accomplishment. It is suggested that only one language be read at a time. Start with the child's first or "maternal" language for several reading sessions, then introduce the second language. At no time should the two languages be read during the same session. This volume should be of interest to English speakers who want to teach their child(ren) French as well as French speakers who wish to teach their child(ren) English. In addition, speakers of other languages will find the book useful for teaching their child(ren) both French and English. The books are ideal for day care centers, preschools, and elementary schools that offer or wish to include bilingual education or ESL in their educational programs. These bilingual print books and ebooks are suitable for the bilingual education of young people from infant to early elementary school. These bilingual print books and ebooks for children can play a major role in any bilingual or ESL education program for children. There are four levels for each topic or title making it easier for ESL or bilingual children to progress from one level to the next. Level 1 is for infants and toddlers and would be primarily read by parents. Level 2 is for toddlers and pre-schoolers and could be used by parents for the younger children or by day care and pre-school personnel in environments where an English/French bilingual component is included in the program. Level 3 is for pre-schoolers through kindergarten. And level 4 is intended for K-2. There is a full range of topics, 20 volumes in all, in the series of English/French print and ebooks that provide a thorough preparation in English/French education. Offering children's print books as well as children's ebooks provides parents, caregivers, and teachers with a choice and flexibility of format to meet the needs of child education. Children's bilingual print books have the advantage of convenience of use while children's bilingual ebooks include media and are easier to store, making children's bilingual education more accessible and convenient than ever before. These are not fiction story books or picture books. They are juvenile non-fiction bilingual print books and ebooks that are educational in nature, scope, and purpose. As such they meet the academic content standards for juvenile non-fiction bilingual education. For book examination and consideration by schools and teachers these books may also be categorized as juvenile non-fiction education French, juvenile non-fiction languages French, and juvenile non-fiction English/French. The BISAC Category is FOR018000 Foreign Language Study / Multi-Language Phrasebooks.

"Dieu a fait ceci / Dios hizo esto" is a French/Spanish bilingual book for children. The current volume is Level 1 intended for infants to toddlers. Their are four levels for each volume, graded according to age group. This juvenile non-fiction book for bilingual reading development is an educational tool rather than a story book. It includes single words and pairs of words for the ear training of infants as well as toddlers. The pictures help infants to associate sounds with symbols--images at first and ultimately words at the toddler level and beyond. Toddlers will be able to repeat words, word pairs, phrases, and brief sentences aided by the picture cues. They will gradually be able to read the words using the printed word as their cue. Color photos and illustrations were carefully selected to captivate the child's interest. Words and sentences were judiciously chosen and crafted to facilitate the learning or reading skills and second language skills for both age groups. Words are re-entered throughout the book to aid comprehension and to help the child feel a sense of accomplishment. With a systematic phonetic program in each volume of the bilingual books series, some words were chosen for the sound(s) they represent rather than their meaning. This volume presents images of the natural world around us and are of high interest to young children. The natural environment, earth, sky, water features, animals, flowers, fruits, vegetables, and a variety of types of people are included. The book teaches that "God made this." It is suggested that only one language be read at a time. Start with the child's first or "native" language for several reading sessions, then introduce the second language. At no time should the two languages be read during the same reading session. This volume should be of interest to French and Spanish speakers who want to teach their child(ren) those languages. In addition, speakers of English and other languages will find the book useful for teaching their child(ren) both French and Spanish. The books are ideal for day care centers, preschools, and elementary schools that offer or wish to include bilingual education or ESL in their educational programs. The books in the series present a thorough bilingual program with a wide range of age groups represented in the four age levels, infant through early elementary school, and in the number and variety of topics that include many of those typical of reading education programs. Whenever possible photos rather than illustrations are used to make the topics more meaningful and realistic to children. The reading level obviously and appropriately increases from one level to the next. In addition, the reading level from one volume (topic) to the next increases very slightly. In this way a toddler (level 2), for example, starting with volume 1 and continuing in volume number order for all or most volumes will be well-prepared to begin the series at the preschool level (level 3). These juvenile non-fiction bilingual books ideally would be presented to the child, at home or in an educatiional setting, as a collection or program rather than as a few random books in order to reap the greatest benefits from the carefully and pedagogically crafted series of bilingual books for children. The BISAC Category is JNF049200 Juvenile Nonfiction / Religious / Christian / Early Readers.